Package receiving and delivering receptacle



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Application February 23, 1939, Serial No. 257,889-

1 Claim.

This invention is a package receiving and delivering receptacle similar to and for uses such as described in my co-pending application for Letters Patent of the United States Ser. No. 129,288, filed in the United States Patent Oflice March 5, 1937, now Patent No. 2,185,209 of January 2, 1940.

The handling of valuable packages such as jewelry, currency, bonds, stock certificates and the like in transit from one location to another requires safeguards against robbery, and it is to equipment of this character, mobile or otherwise, to which this present invention is directed.

In the handling of articles of the above mentioned character precautions must be taken such that in the case of attack or the failure of human attendants to observe adequate safety measures the loss shall be at a minimum, hence this invention is particularly directed to facilities for the direct receipt and delivery by attendants through an interlocking system such that there is a maximum of protection in case of carelessness.

More particularly the invention is a package lock or chamber from one room to another or from or to a vehicle such as an armored car so that operation of one closure or door coordinates with a conditioning of another, or a plurality of closures or doors.

In the appended drawing illustrative of one form which the invention may take in practice- Fig. 1 is a section transversely of a main compartment within which is included in side elevation a duplex safe of the character described in my co-pending application above referred to.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the structure shown in Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Built into the body of an armored truck or other mobile or non-mobile storage chamber represented by floor I and metal side wall 2 is a duplex safe, the outside wall of which is the side wall 2 of the truck or chamber, whereas numerals 3 and 4 represent sides of the duplex safe and 5 the top. The sides 3 and 4 may be flanged as shown at 6 and 1 to secure the safe to the floor of the truck or other enclosure and to the metal side 2 of the truck.

Within the safe are the partitions I and 8 dividing the same into compartments C and D as described in my co-pending application Ser. No. 129,288, filed March 5, 1937, now Patent No. 2,185,209 of January 2, 1940. The rear end wall of the safe within the truck or other enclosure is indicated by the reference numeral 9.

as at II and with side shields l2 and 13 which enter the opening for the door closure l0 and are positioned, as shown at the outside of the sides 3 and 4, respectively, of the duplex safe. The side shield I2 has an operating handle l4 within the truck or other enclosure, and the opposite side shield l3 has integral ears l5 and I6 for connection linkage thereto as will be hereinafter described.

The rear end wall 9 of the duplex safe has an opening with a door closure ll hinged at its lower edge as shown at 18 and, at its upper edge provided with any suitable latch [9 having a handle 20 for retracting the spring extended beveled latch lug 2| entering the catch member 22 on the fixed portion of the rear end wall 9.

The rear end wall door closure H has curved guide arms 23 and 24; these guide arms are similarly slotted as at 25; these guide arms have fixed lugs 26 lying within their respective slots and acting as limit stops to the opening of the door closure ll.

The guide arm 24 is offset as shown and extended at the end to provide for a linkage connection or pivot 21, such linkage to be presently described in detail.

Secured to the side wall 4 of the duplex safe is a curved V-shape channel roller track 28 slotted at its side to permit the extension therethrough of the axle 29 of a roller or ball bearing mounted roller guide 30, the inner face of which is provided with a ball thrust 3| working against the metal side wall 4 so as to take up play and thrust and prevent rattling. A washer 32 lies between the slotted face of the V-shape track 28 and the roller guide 30, and similar washer 33 is on the outside. Adjacent the washer 33 and with a washer 34 separating the same are links 35 and 36 retained in place by the head 31 on the axle 29. The remaining end of link 35 is connected to the pivot 21 at the end of the guide arm 24 of the door closure l'l while the remaining end of the link 36 is connected to the pivot 38 on the lug l6 of the side shield l3. It will be evident from this arrangement that when the roller guide 30 rides up into the channel portion of the curved V-shape track 28 nearest door closure I! the front side door closure I0 is then automatically locked against opening; similarly, when opening of door closure I0 moves the roller guide 30 into the other portion of the track 28 the door closure I! is automatically locked against opening, thus it is obvious that these two door closures l0 and II can never be open at the The outer wall 2 has a door closure l0 pivoted same moment. As shown in my co-pending application Ser. No. 21711253, filed my 2, 1938, a latch for the door It is indicated at 99 and 40.

The remaining lug l5 0! the side shield II of 0; this door 49 is pivoted at 59 and a spring operated detent 5| having a handle 62 enters notches 53, thus locking the door 49 in the open or closed position. The upper end of the slot 46 is relieved as at 54 so that in the closed position the lug 41 is turned through about 90 degrees to lock the door 49 closed when the outer door I0 is open. It should be noted that the lug 41 must be in the neutral position to allow opening either door 49 or ID.

From the foregoing it will be observed that the two compartments C and D are served by the closures l0, l1 and 49 inasmuch as there is a slide door 55 in the partition 1' between the two compartments functioning in the same manner as a similar door in the corresponding partition shown in my co-pending application hereinbefore referred to and of which this is a continuation in part.

With the operating linkage between the several closures it is evident that when the exterior loading and unloading door or closure III is in the open position as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1 the closures l1 and 49 are locked in their closed position; when the inside doors or closures I 1 or 49 of the duplex sale are opened by an attendant the outside closure 19 is locked against opening. Thus, the inside 01- the truck, storage chamber or other vault within which the duplex safe is located is always protected against attack through these openings.

I1 through emergency it is necessary to take out of operation either compartment C or D it may be done by disconnecting link 42 from lug l5 or link 36 from lug l6 making the duplex safe a single operating device. It is readily discemible that a device of this construction assures a double measure of safety.

As in the previous case articles deposited from the outside may be received into or removed from either compartment C or D by reason of the slide 55. An observation window 56 ot bullet-proof glass informs the attendant on the interior of the chamber which encloses the duplex sale as to what is received into or taken from the safe and he governs his actions accordingly.

While, in the foregoing, I have described a particular construction and one which seems to me to be preferred, nevertheless it is to be understood that various changes and departures may be resorted to without departing from my invention as defined in the appended claim.

I claim- In combination, a storage chamber, a safe within and having an opening to the exterior of said chamber and an opening to the interior, a closure for each of said openings, jointed means interconnecting the closures, and a cam surface over which at least one of the Joints of said means rides and shaped to prevent opening of one door when another is open.

LEONARD B. LOVE. 

